The New Tour: Innovations in Place-Based Storytelling

The New Tour: Innovations in Place-Based Storytelling

The Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage at Brown University is hosting “The New Tour: Innovations in Place-Based Storytelling,” a two-day conference to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with designing and implementing place-based tours. The conference is free and open to all. To 

Massachusetts Museums Day Planning Meeting

Massachusetts Museums Day Planning Meeting

Are you a proud Massachusetts museum supporter? Help NEMA plan our celebration of Massachusetts Museums Day. Last year’s event in Rhode Island was a great success, and we want to fill the State House on October 7 with people, displays, and good cheer to show our 

Free Event: “Haymarket” Movie Premiere and Discussion

Free Event: “Haymarket” Movie Premiere and Discussion

On Wednesday, July 8, Historic New England and Suffolk University are hosting a movie premiere and discussion on the new documentary, Haymarket. Below is more information on this free event (who doesn’t love free?), but it does require that you reserve a ticket. The program starts at 7:30 PM 

#MuseumWorkersSpeak: Boston Edition

#MuseumWorkersSpeak: Boston Edition

#MuseumWorkersSpeak, one of the results of the rouge session on museum activism at AAM’s Atlanta conference this year, is meeting up in metro-Boston for the first time on Wednesday, June 24th, from 6:30 to 8:30. The group conversation and potluck is at 17 Tudor St, 

Eating in museums

Eating in museums

We normally think of eating/drinking and museums as mutually exclusive, but here’s a couple of fun, local events this week that put that idea to rest: For “Historic Beer in a Historic Place,” the Old State House is hosting Blue Hills Brewery for a chance 

Announcing the exhibit “F O C U S  Experiments in Photographic Interpretation”

Announcing the exhibit “F O C U S Experiments in Photographic Interpretation”

It’s that time of year again! The Exhibition Planning class is debuting a new exhibit. There are as many ways to react to a photograph as there are people viewing it. Focus: Experiments in Photographic Interpretation, hosted by the Tufts University Art Gallery, explores the